How to translate formal documents like minutes of meetings or manuals from English to japanese. Thread poster: Ruchira Shukla
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While translating formal documents in japanese from english should one end the sentence in aru form or imasu/ arimasu form.I have seen both endings and am really confused about which one to use while translating.
| | | | mora339
Local time: 09:43
Japanese to English
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| a little complicated | Jan 22, 2003 |
Hi. It\'s a bit complicated. Here\'s my thinking. If you\'re doing minutes of meetings I think you want to use ARU-style, exception is when you quote conversation that\'s when you want to use MASU-style. On the other hand when you\'re doing manuals it\'s more normal to use MASU-style. Sorry I\'m not smart enough to give you the logic but that\'s at least what I have been familar with in my whole life as a Japanese business person. See you.
| | | | ejprotran
Local time: 09:43
English to Japanese
| Imasu/arimasu | Jan 22, 2003 |
For a basic understanding, \"arimasu\" is used to express the existence of an inanimate object (e.g., book, stone, etc.), while \"imasu\" is used for animate entities (e.g., people, animals, etc.).
Here are the links that may be... See more For a basic understanding, \"arimasu\" is used to express the existence of an inanimate object (e.g., book, stone, etc.), while \"imasu\" is used for animate entities (e.g., people, animals, etc.).
Here are the links that may be of help to you:
http://japanese.about.com/bllesson28.htm
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| | | | Ruchira Shukla
India
Local time: 06:13
English to Japanese
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Thank you .. that was informative. I will try to use this same format from now on.
Ruchira
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On 2003-01-22 14:31, mora339 wrote:
Hi. It\'s a bit complicated. Here\'s my thinking. If you\'re doing minutes of meetings I think you want to use ARU-style, exception is when you quote conversation that\'s when you want to use MASU-style. On the other hand when you\'re doing manuals it\'s more normal to use MASU-s
... See more Thank you .. that was informative. I will try to use this same format from now on.
Ruchira
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On 2003-01-22 14:31, mora339 wrote:
Hi. It\'s a bit complicated. Here\'s my thinking. If you\'re doing minutes of meetings I think you want to use ARU-style, exception is when you quote conversation that\'s when you want to use MASU-style. On the other hand when you\'re doing manuals it\'s more normal to use MASU-style. Sorry I\'m not smart enough to give you the logic but that\'s at least what I have been familar with in my whole life as a Japanese business person. See you.
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